The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company - The perils of log cleaving

In this video, you will see Damian Goodburn, an international expert in ancient timber, supervising a group of Ship's Company volunteers to cleave a log into two equal pieces - or possibly not!
The oak that is being split looked like a perfect specimen from the outside but as you will see the inside was clearly a different matter.
If you watch carefully you will see Martin Carver, Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, England, director of the Sutton Hoo Research Project, wielding a mallet to help with the splitting.
Video produced by timcurtis.tv
To find out more about the Sutton Hoo Ship's Company, visit the website @ saxonship.org
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[@leifvejby8023]

I was about to suggest you have a chat with the people in Roskilde - Denmark, but you are already thinking in that direction. Don't worry about that twisted log - they have bad logs in Roskilde too!

[@robertbamford8266]

At last! Thank you.

[@meridethtexastwister]

I have looked forward to these videos

[@tonywatson987]

I don't see any problem with having twisted boards as long as they are straight-grained. The twist can work to your advantage, especially at stem and stern sections where there is a natural curve. For other sections, steam or heat can be used to undo the twist.

[@CB-dl1vg]

Just get some experts to do it, not nerds who picked up a hammer yesterday